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The Quizzical Gaze: June 2011
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011. Signs o' the times. I have been honeymooning in Italy with the lovely Mrs QG, hence the lack of posting. Here are some pictorial talking points:. This was spotted at the Victor Emmanuel monument in Rome ( qv. Granted my Italian is not all that but I do wonder how one might ' overcome the barriers of location. But I strongly approve of the concept of relevance for monuments. Moving swiftly on - a sign on the stairs of the basilica of St Peter's:. Links to this post. Man in a Shed.
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Paint it black: Gundam WiP - Oh a leg! You're looking for a leg! I think there might be one back here.....
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012. Gundam WiP - Oh a leg! You're looking for a leg! I think there might be one back here. Sorry, this seemed like a good moment for a Monty Python gag. Actual Gundam assembly pictures after the cut. This is the basic leg skeleton, with the foot (fully assembled), the ankle joint and the hip joint. I've mentioned this before, but I really do love how the skeleton of the Gundam looks like a functional thing in its own right. I decided rather than do a shot for each stage of the assembly...
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Paint it black: May 2012
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Wednesday, 2 May 2012. Gundam - Unconcluded Conclusion. Here is is, in all its splendour and glory. And by that, I mean its assmebled, but far from finished paint job, glory. This picture actually shows the Gundam 00 combined with the Raiser fighter craft, with a variety of weapons attached.The Raiser by itself is a nice enough looking piece of kit and you can see it fully assembled in the picture below. Why am I stopping here? It'll be a while before I update this entry again, but rest assured it will h...
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Paint it black: August 2011
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Sunday, 21 August 2011. Sculpting - Not Easy Being Green. This week, in my post Gen-Con/pre-Gathering haze, I took it upon myself to try a little bit of sculpting with Green Stuff. Mostly as a result of watching the excellent Jason Wiebe in action at the Reaper stand and thinking to myself "I can do that" despite knowing full well that sculpture has never been my strong point. So rather than ease myself in with a bit of gentle painting on familiar terms, I got distracted first by these guys. I don't need...
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Paint it black: March 2012
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Friday, 30 March 2012. Of Paints, Blogrolls and Terminators. I've had a rough 48hrs with work, so bare with me as some of what follows descends into a rant. Only some of it mind. Because not everything under the sun is bad. 1 New Citadel Paint Range. They really are the most hateful little containers. Seriously Citadel, all it would take is a better storage medium for the paints and I'd be buying these. Hell, I'd probably by the full range with the carry case. As it stands, I'll stick with the fa...The t...
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Paint it black: September 2012
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012. And Oh dear. It really has been almost 5 months since I updated here. I confess. The Gundam figure broke me, following on so closely from my general unhappiness with my Dark Angels. It really was one of those "dark nights of the soul" where I felt like I couldn't face painting another mini and being unhappy with it. I also found myself looking at the Azrael figure I had underway and feeling rather disenchanted with that as well. I knew what I was going to do with the sword, so...
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Paint it black: November 2011
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Sunday, 27 November 2011. Deathwing - Step by Step Part 4. I've been fiddling round with lighting since I got my new desk and installed some new bulbs into my spotlights, so I have a whiter light than previously, This is still all w.i.p, but I think I'm getting there in improving my macro photography set-up. For this stage I've been focusing on some of the details of the model, specifically the green, red and stone elements of each Deathwing squad member. Tuesday, 15 November 2011. I've had to change.
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Paint it black: Back in Black!
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Tuesday, 25 September 2012. And Oh dear. It really has been almost 5 months since I updated here. I confess. The Gundam figure broke me, following on so closely from my general unhappiness with my Dark Angels. It really was one of those "dark nights of the soul" where I felt like I couldn't face painting another mini and being unhappy with it. I also found myself looking at the Azrael figure I had underway and feeling rather disenchanted with that as well. I knew what I was going to do with the sword, so...
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Paint it black: Avenging Angels and Apps
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Tuesday, 2 October 2012. Avenging Angels and Apps. This has taken me a while, but it feels good to get Azrael finally painted and finished. I've had this figure iny collection forever it seems, almost certainly since release, and never got round to painting him. I guess I wanted to do the model justice and was always intimidated by painting such an iconic character. Well he's done now and I'm reasonably happy with the end result, although I stopped once I realised I'd reached endlessly tinkering stage.
